Hertfordshire > Harpenden > AL : 5 > John Morris Name:   John Morris    JDM Counselling Services I practise at:   21 Oulton Rise, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5   Website:   http://www.space2bu.co.uk     Phone:   07967303098      Professional    membership:   BACP  -  British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy   UKRCP  -  UK Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists   I am a qualified counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. My aim is to offer a confidential and professional service to adults. Counselling enables people to explore difficulties that may be preventing them from moving forwards in their lives, whether the concern be in the present or something that relates to the past. I base my counselling on careful and non-judgemental listening rather than on giving advice. You have freedom to speak about whatever is troubling you and together we can explore unconscious emotional patterns which may be keeping you from from living life more fully. My training, accredited by BACP, is psychodynamic, an approach which recognises that many of our earliest experiences affect us in our present lives and relationships. Qualifications & Training Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Couples Counselling Experience I currently work both in private practice as well as in the voluntary sector with both individuals and couples. I am an accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), and work within the BACP Framework of Ethics and Practice. I am also a UKRCP (United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) registered independent counsellor. I hold an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Couples Counselling, and my core training is in Psychodynamic counselling. This briefly means that we explore your past to give you insight into your current situation. By uncovering these links with our past feelings and thoughts we can often understand why we unconsciously feel and think as we do now. I aim to use the counselling style and technique best suited to each individual client or couple, and my overall approach centres on looking at your past, but links it to the present. I am both a trained adult and child bereavement counsellor, and have vast experience in working with clients who have been bereaved by suicide and sudden death, as well as general bereavement isssues. I am also a trained couples counsellor, completing my training with the world leading Tavistock and Portman NHS Centre in London, as well as Relate. I have had experience in working with people with substance abuse, as well as undertaking specialist training in many area's including : Sexual Abuse, Domestic Abuse/violence, Mental Health, Child Protection, Working with those bereaved by Suicide, Drugs Awareness, and Art Therapy (Part 1). Fees Negotiable. Key words for this entry: Couples, Individual Counselling, Adults, Elderly, Men, Women, Long-term, Short-term, Single sessions, Time-limited, Concessionary rates, Low-cost sessions, Abuse, Addiction, Anxiety, Attachment, Bereavement, Chronic illness, Crisis Support, Depression, Divorce, Separation, Domestic abuse, Loss, Panic, Phobias, Psychosomatic, Rape, Relationships, Self-harm, Suicide, Trauma, Counselling, Psychodynamic, Solution-focused.